Hepatitis G virus infection after blood transfusion in patients with chronic liver disease treated surgically for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-36

  Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Fukuda, Mizuho ^a   Tsubota, Akihito ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Koida, Isao ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Murashima, Naoya ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Koike, Hiromi ^a   Hashimoto, Michie ^a   Miyano, Yukiko ^a   Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; Model of infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS NON A NON B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0031450246     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(97)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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